Dependabot has no API to trigger an update check for a single dependency
GitHub Dependabot exposes no REST or GraphQL endpoint to trigger a version check for one specific dependency. The only available action is 'Check for updates' which triggers a full repository scan and is subject to the open PR cap (10 or 20 per ecosystem). Teams on monorepos or large projects cannot programmatically bump a single dep in CI without waiting for the scheduled scan or hitting the PR cap. No third-party CLI or GitHub Action was found that correctly solves this without web scraping the internal GitHub API. The issue carries 216 reactions and has been open since 2021 with a 'Keep' label indicating no plans to close.
A CLI tool that triggers a scoped Dependabot or Renovate update job for a single named dependency on demand
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216 reactions, open since 2021, GitHub labeled 'Keep' with no implementation planned; no REST API endpoint exists; no working third-party CLI found; gap for a tool that triggers per-dependency Dependabot checks via available APIs